The Face of Battle
A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme
$41.04
- Paperback
376 pages
- Release Date
27 January 1983
Summary
John Keegan’s groundbreaking portrayal of the common soldier in the heat of battle—a masterpiece that explores the physical and mental aspects of warfare
The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at the “point of maximum danger.” Without the myth-making elements of rhetoric and xenophobia, and breaking away from the stylized format of battle descriptions, John Keegan has written what is probably the definitiv…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140048971 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140048979 |
| Author: | John Keegan |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 376 |
| Release Date: | 27 January 1983 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 129mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
“The most brilliant evocation of military experience in our time”
”…still widely regarded as his best despite more than 20 other works.“—The Guardian
“The most brilliant evocation of military experience in our time” —C.P. Snow
“In this book, which is so creative, so original, one learns as much about the nature of man as of battle.” —J.H. Plumb, The New York Times Book Review
“This without any doubt is one of the half-dozen best books on warfare to appear in the English language since the end of the Second World War.” —Michael Howard, The Sunday Times (London)
“A totally original and brilliant book” —The New York Review of Books
“The book which changed how military history is written. Keegan set out to discover what it must have been like to be present at Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme - and he succeeded brilliantly.“—Bernard Cornwell (Chosen as number one of his six best books) Daily Express (London)
John Keegan
Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan (1934–2012) was one of the most distinguished contemporary military historians and was for many years the senior lecturer at Sandhurst (the British Royal Military Academy) and the defense editor of the Daily Telegraph (London). Keegan was the author of numerous books including The Face of Battle, The Mask of Command, The Price of Admiralty, Six Armies in Normandy, and The Second World War, and was a fellow at the Royal Society of Literature.
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